Income-related inequality in life-years and quality-adjusted life-years

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Health inequality related to income is examined in Sweden using a sample of more than 40,000 people.

Public Health Care, Social aspects, Public health, Equality

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A note on the effect of unemployment on mortality

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A test is conducted using a large individual level data set of nearly 30000 individuals in Sweden, to check whether unemployment has an effect on mortality. Unemployment increases the risk of suicides and the risk of death from other diseases.

Sweden, Unemployment, Health aspects, Mortality, Influence

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Standard gamble, time trade-off and rating scale: experimental results on the ranking properties of QALYs

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An analytical study examined the performance of standard gamble (SG-QALY), time trade-off (TTO-QALY) and rating scale (RS-QALY) quality adjusted life years maximization models in predicting individual preference over health profiles. The study showed a high predicted and direct ranking correlation coefficients for TTO-QALYs than for RS-QALYs and SG-QALYs. QALY models are used as analytical tools in evaluation of the costs and effects of health care services. They are measured by adjusting life years for the quality of life in which they are spent.

Health Care, Economics, Research and Development in the Social Sciences and Humanities, Models, Analysis, Economic aspects, Medical care, Quality of life, Medical care, Cost of, Health care costs, Cost and standard of living, Cost of living, Utility theory, Utility functions

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